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(No Model.)

A. RONOAGLIA.

MASON'S TROWEL. I No. 509,352. 7 PatentedNov. 2.1 1893.

.WITNESSES:

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NTTE STATES PATENT FFicE.

AUGUSTINE RONOAGIJIA, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

MASONS TROWEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,352, dated November21, 1893. Application filed August 21, 1893- Serial Ito. 483,6- (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTINE RONCAGLIA, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MasonsTrowels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the. figures of by providing thetool with a flange formed on either side of the shank and of sufficientwidth to afford the necessary protection to the hand. The necessity ofthis protection will be readily understood and acknowledged by allaccustomed to the use of tools of this class. The constant contact ofthe fore finget of the right hand with the mortar makes the finger soreby reason of the tendency of the lime to destroy or eat through the skinof the exposed part.

The further object of my invention is to provide a'device of this class,which, while affording the protection stated, shall be simple inconstruction, economical in cost, reliable, durable and efficient inuse.

To these ends, my improved trowel consists of the features hereinafterdescribed and claimed all of which will befully understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated an embodimentthereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trowel providedwith my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is asection taken on the linem-w, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken on theline y-y, Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts in theseveral views, let the numeral 5 designate the trowel plate, 6 thehandle and7the shank which enters the handle. The vertical part of theshank or that part extending upward from the blade is provided with theflanges or fiat portions 7 which extend outward from the shank asuitable distance on either side and unite at the top in a part 7 whichprojects over the ferrule 8 of the handle. The flanges 7 are ofsufficient width to prevent the material on the blade of the trowel fromcoming in contact with the hand of the person grasping the hanidle ofthe tool.

AUGUSTINE RONOAGLIA.

Witnesses:

G. J. ROLLAUDET, CHAS. E. DAWSON.

